{"id":590357,"date":"2023-09-08T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/is-the-us-getting-asia-wrong\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T16:30:00","slug":"is-the-us-getting-asia-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-the-us-getting-asia-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"#Is the US getting Asia wrong?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At first glance, President Biden\u2019s upcoming state visit to Vietnam this weekend \u2014 coming on the heels of a\u00a0successful trilateral summit<\/a>\u00a0last month, where it forged new defense and high-tech cooperation with South Korea and Japan \u2014 app<\/a>ears to underscore Biden\u2019s efforts to deepen U.S. ties in the Asia-Pacific.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hanoi and Washington are poised to declare a \u201ccomprehensive strategic partnership<\/a>,\u201d another Asian partner seeming to line up to counterbalance China. This is part of a larger pattern. For example, earlier this year, the U.S. cemented deals with\u00a0the Philippines<\/a>, a treaty ally, to gain access to four military bases, and with\u00a0Papua New Guinea<\/a>, as tensions mount over\u00a0Taiwan<\/a>\u00a0and disputed territorial claims in the\u00a0South China Sea<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n